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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Harp \Harp\, n. [OE. harpe, AS hearpe; akin to D. harp, G. harfe, OHG. harpha, Dan. harpe, Icel. & Sw harpa.] 1. A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held upright, and played with the fingers. 2. (Astron.) A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre. 3. A grain sieve. [Scot.] {[AE]olian harp}. See under {[AE]olian}. {Harp seal} (Zo["o]l.), an arctic seal ({Phoca Gr[oe]nlandica}). The adult males have a light-colored body, with a harp-shaped mark of black on each side and the face and throat black. Called also {saddler}, and {saddleback}. The immature ones are called {bluesides}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Harp \Harp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Harped}p. pr & vb n. {Harping}.] [AS. hearpian See {Harp}, n.] 1. To play on the harp. I heard the voice of harpers, harping with their harps. --Rev. xiv. 2. 2. To dwell on or recur to a subject tediously or monotonously in speaking or in writing; to refer to something repeatedly or continually; -- usually with on or upon ``Harpings upon old themes.'' --W. Irving. Harping on what I am Not what he knew I was --Shak. {To harp on one string}, to dwell upon one subject with disagreeable or wearisome persistence. [Collog.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Harp \Harp\, v. t. To play on as a harp; to play (a tune) on the harp; to develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon Thou 'harped my fear aright. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: harp n 1: a stringed musical instrument that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers 2: a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade 3: a small rectangular musical instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole [syn: {harmonica}, {mouth organ}, {mouth harp}] v 1: come back to "Don't dwell on the past" [syn: {dwell}] 2: play the harp From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Harp (Heb. kinnor), the national instrument of the Hebrews. It was invented by Jubal (Gen. 4:21). Some think the word _kinnor_ denotes the whole class of stringed instruments. It was used as an accompaniment to songs of cheerfulness as well as of praise to God (Gen. 31:27; 1 Sam. 16:23; 2 Chr. 20:28; Ps 33:2; 137:2). In Solomon's time harps were made of almug-trees (1 Kings 10:11, 12). In 1 Chr. 15:21 mention is made of "harps on the Sheminith;" Revised Version, "harps set to the Sheminith;" better perhaps "harps of eight strings." The soothing effect of the music of the harp is referred to 1 Sam. 16:16, 23; 18:10; 19:9. The church in heaven is represented as celebrating the triumphs of the Redeemer "harping with their harps" (Rev. 14:2).
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